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Nursing
Concepts of Practice
First published 1971 · 542 pages
A methodical and deeply philosophical exploration of what it means to provide professional care.
What it feels like
Reading this text feels like stepping into a highly structured, intellectual space dedicated to the philosophy of caregiving. The pace is steady and deliberate, guiding the reader through complex theoretical frameworks with a pragmatic, common-sense approach. It lacks the narrative drive of fiction, replacing it with the quiet satisfaction of building a robust mental model for professional practice. The mood is deeply analytical yet grounded in the human reality of health and self-care deficits. The prose is methodical and instructive, designed to clarify rather than dazzle, making it an essential experience for practitioners and students who want to deeply understand the foundational knowledge and organizing principles that drive the nursing profession.
- Mood
- intellectual
- structured
- professional
- Tone
- academic
- pragmatic
- analytical
- instructive
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- philosophy of care · self-care and deficit · professional frameworks · knowledge and practice
- The writing
- Clear, methodical, and grounded in a common-sense approach to complex theoretical frameworks.
- The arc
- A journey from foundational concepts to a structured, confident understanding of professional caregiving.
- Who it's for
- Nursing students, educators, and practitioners seeking a deep, philosophical understanding of their field's foundational theories.
Content notes
- medical contexts
- discussions of health deficits
About the book
Nursing: Concepts of Practice presents a thorough description of the development of the self-care deficit nursing theory and illustrates its relevance to nursing practice with a common sense approach. The text presents the foundations of nursing as a field of knowledge and practice and provides an approach to "knowing and thinking nursing," which forms the basis and organizing framework for nursing actions in all types of practice situations. Thoroughly revised and updated, it contains five new chapters and three revised chapters, expanding upon the importance of nursing practice models and the stages of development within the models.
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